I love this guy… the guy in the hat is my husband Bob Jonkman, the 2019 Green Party of Canada Candidate in Brantford—Brant, Ontario. As Canada uses an archaic Winner-Take-All voting system (similar to the US, UK and Australia) he didn’t win. This time.
I love this song. It was a tiny tune created by my favorite contemporary musician, the talented Josh Woodward. Everything Josh creates is released with a Creative Commons Attribution license. This video is likewise CC-By.
What this means is that any Green Party can use it. Free of charge.
Liner Notes:
For those of you who aren’t up on the Canadian Greens, I’ll give you a little background.
The video is bookended by the GPC’s awesome leader, Elizabeth May. She’s been the leader for 13 years, and the fact our Green Party is doing as well as it is has a lot to do with that.
• Our Green Party’s “Green New Deal” was called “Mission: Possible,” and the opening line is something she said at the Kitchener GPC campaign launch. • The minnows are swimming in Cypress Lake, at a favorite camping spot, in Bruce Peninsula National Park near Tobermory. • The Tree planting footage was recorded in the spring in Paris, Ontario. • The CC-By temperature visualization was created by Antti Lipponen from data provided by Berkeley Earth/Robert Rohdehttp://berkeleyearth.org/ • The sign waving was in Brantford. • The footage of Bob talking to people was at the Brant Greens booth at the Paris Fair. In the background, some of our volunteers are helping kids make their own buttons, a bit of gratis outreach we make as part of our community involvement. • The Circle Dance was at a Rise for Climate event in Waterloo • Bob joined Cambridge candidate Michele Braniff and friends at the Cambridge for for the first “Green Wave” segment • for “the mountains” I used a clip of Paul Manly, recorded at the 2016 GPC Special General Meeting, before he became the second elected Canadian Green, now the re-elected Member of Parliament for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith Electoral District • for “to the seaway” I used footage of the second elected PEI Greens MLA, Hannah Bell, speaking at the 2018 Green Party of Ontario convention in Guelph (alongside PEI Greens leader Peter Bevan-Baker) • The second “Green Wave” begins with GPO leader Mike Schreiner “mainstreeting” in Kitchener with the 2018 provincial election with the five Waterloo Region Greens candidates (Bob Jonkman, Michele Braniff, David Weber, Stacey Danckert and Zdravko Gunjevic) … • … then cuts to Milton candidate Eleanor Hayward and friends at Elizabeth May’s “Community Matters” town hall in Guelph • Guelph candidate Steve Dyck speaking to the crowd at the 2019 Platform Release in Guelph • “Together” takes us back in Kitchener, where southern Ontario GPC Green Candidates Steve Dyck, Michele Braniff, David Weber, Kristin Wright, Collan Simmons, Stephanie Goertz, Bob Jonkman and Nicholas Wendler join GPC leader Elizabeth May and GPO leader Mike Schreiner in support of the Mike Morrice campaign launch • Elizabeth May’s back again, tying it all up at the end with a punch line that was part of her answer to a question posed by the youngest Green Party member at the “Community Matters” event in Guelph
WRGreens second nomination meeting has filled our slate of 2019 WRGreens candidates. Congratualations!
Cambridge GPC Candidate
Michele Braniff
Kitchener—Conestoga GPC Candidate
Stephanie Goertz
Kitchener South—Hespeler GPC Candidate
David Weber
Mingling
Music
Networking
Candidate Nominees: Cambridge: Michele Braniff, Kitchener—Conestoga: Stephanie Goertz, Kitchener South—Hespeler: Ian Graham, Archie Henderson, David Weber
With all our candidates chosen, our 2019 candidates first official outing was the following Saturday’s pancake flipping team at the 2019 Elmira Maple Syrup Festival.
In 2015 WRGreens only female candidate was Michele Braniff in Cambridge. In 2018 we got closer to gender balance when Stacey Danckert ran in Kitchener Centre provincially. But now, in 2019, we are especially pleased to note the WRGreens gender imbalance now swings the other way, with 3 of our 5 (60%) candidates being women.
THE FULL SLATE
Congratulations to all our 2019 candidates!
David Weber Michele Braniff Stephanie Goertz Kirsten Wright Mike Morrice Kitchener South—Hespeler • Cambridge • Kitchener—Conestoga • Waterloo • Kitchener Centre
WRGreens Candidates: Michele Braniff (Cambridge), David Weber (Kitchener South—Hespeler) and Stephanie Goertz for Kitchener—Conestoga
The first official outing for the 2019 WRGreens was the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. Stephanie carried off the most difficult Glorious Greens Pancake Flipping team position – the flipper flipper – with aplomb!
WRGreens Candidates: Michele Braniff (Cambridge), David Weber (Kitchener South—Hespeler) and Stephanie Goertz for Kitchener—Conestoga
The first official outing for the 2019 WRGreens was the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. Stephanie carried off the most difficult Glorious Greens Pancake Flipping team position – the flipper flipper – with aplomb!
Come vote for your riding’s Green Party candidate for the 2019 Federal Election!
Whether you’re a GPC member or just considering green, you’re welcome to come along and hear from the candidate nominees and find out about the Green Wave growing in Waterloo Region and across Canada.
Cambridge Nominee
Michele Braniff
Michele was unable to attend the WRGreens preNomination meeting so there is no available video. Instead, we can present this tail end of the speech she gave at the Cambridge Greens launch last year.
Unfortunately Mr Henderson wasn’t at the prenomination event, so you’ll have to come out to the event to hear from him!
There will still be a contest for districts with only one nominee; the ballot also has a choice for “None Of The Above”.
In order to vote for a candidate your membership must have been activated by 6 March 2019, or if you have an expired membership you can renew it before or at the event.
6:30pm Doors open (hear the music)
7:15pm Official business gets underway: Introductions, hear from the candidate nominees and voting will ensue!
Musical performances will be scattered through the night and we’ll end with an opportunity to socialize. There’ll be light refreshments and additional food and beverage service will be available. Come early for a pre-event dinner!
What: Joint Nomination Contest for Cambridge, Kitchener—Conestoga, Kitchener South—Hespeler When: Thursday, 4 April 2019 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm Where: Edelweiss Tavern Location: 600 Doon Village Road, Kitchener, Ontario Map 1
Stephanie carried off the most difficult Glorious Greens Pancake Flipping team position – the flipper flipper – with aplomb!
Congratulations Stephanie!
